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Saturday, June 4, 2016
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Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Shops
Denver, CO
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1711 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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Union Pacific, Rio Grande
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The Burnham Shops were built in the 1870s and, when it was at its peak, the shops included a foundry and a blacksmith and the shops could build new railcars from the ground up. When the City of Denver wanted to build the 8th Avenue overpass, the main shops were smack in the middle of where 8th Avenue would run. So, the city built the overpass with a bend in it and it went around the south end of the building. Here is said building (Building #14) with the overpass in front of it. After (roughly) 140 years, Burnham Shops shut down on Valentine's Day, 2016.
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Saturday, June 4, 2016
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Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Shops
Denver, CO
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1608 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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Union Pacific, Rio Grande
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A huge crane could be found at Burnham, used for any number of types of heaving lifting once done here. In the Rio Grande days, Burnham was the main maintenance facility for the railroad for both engines and rolling stock. Now, 28 years after the end of Rio Grande, its maintenance facility is in the process of being torn down. Major maintenance for UP will now be done in Little Rock, AR, or North Platte, NE.
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